Money,Money,Money

[smokey]

It is almost becoming sickening to listen to the provincial and federal goverments,daily,tell the public about the 100's of millions of dollars in BSE aid they have paid to producers. Giving the impression that producers have actually recieved $. The impression that the money has been paid and everything is ok.
So...just wondering...have you recieved any of the money yet?

As for me ...ZERO!

[k-way]

The mature cattle program is telling me in a couple of weeks but they are not sure phone#1-866-314-2054, they only have four people working on it. CAIS probably when the border opens, that is a real joke!!!

[k-way]

Spellar said a couple of days, he did not say which one (they do not work weekends).

[frustrated1]

Wouldn't hold my breath for the cash but I'm sick of hearing it on the radio as well. Have a friend visiting out east for a while and the TO radio stations are all aflame with how much money us beef producers are getting. No, I have not recieved one single cent. Have never collected a penny on FIDP either. I did get a few dollars from the water program for digging dugouts. Recieved the payment late Dec, 2003. It was for the 2001 program. Wouldn't have got it then either but I phoned up and it had been squirrled away in some file for whatever reason, there wasn't a problem. So they found it in the goodness of thier hearts to mail it out. If we got half the mileage from the money that the media milks out of the dollar figures it sure would be nice. Ever notice that they harp about the same money for 6 months to a year whilst we eagerly await it's arrival? When I listen to the radio I have to question if it's new monies they're harping about; to those not in the business it must seem like a steady stream of cash to the farm!

[magpie]

No money here either!

[topper]

I just picked up the mail and low and behold the manitoba cull cow cheque was in there. Only nine hundred bucks but it was nice to get a cheque in that mailbox instead of a bill. The letter that came with the cheque said that the federal share of that program won't be coming until they get the entire inventory for canada completed. So I don't expect to see that for a while.

[hgb]

Today, we just received a cheque for the Alberta BSE Recovery program. A nice surprice to see as these cattle were sold in Aug. I was sure we had gotten lost in the paper shuffle.

[ivbinconned]

In comunist Russia the comment was often heard..." if you need milk, go to the radio to get some cause it says there is plenty!"

[CattleAnnie]

Received a whopping $640.00 from the BC gov't for their share in the cull cow program. So far that's it and that's all... no news from either the WFIP or from the wonderful world of CAIS.
Sure hoping no c-sections this year, as God himself only knows where that money will come from.
Hope the rest of you will make out better than I did.

[dguignio]

Picked up the mail today and hit the jackpot got manitoba cull check and 50%producer support check from CAIS,took only 1 month for CAIS to process the application.